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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019

Filed:

Apr. 06, 2017
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Nicholas G. Danyluk, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Eli M. Dow, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);

Kavita Sehgal, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Diane M. Stamboni, Pleasant Valley, NY (US);

Sneha M. Varghese, Fishkill, NY (US);

John S. Werner, Fishkill, NY (US);

Sarah Wu, Kingston, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G01B 7/15 (2006.01); G01L 9/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0418 (2013.01); G01B 7/15 (2013.01); G01L 9/12 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04105 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of identifying a crack in a touchscreen display system includes measuring a distance between a first layer of the touchscreen display system and a second layer of the touchscreen display system, detecting a change in the distance at a portion of the touchscreen display system, identifying a crack in the first layer at the portion of the touchscreen display system based on the change in the distance, and adjusting one or more parameters of the touchscreen display system based on the crack in the first layer.


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